Champions League: Craig Shakespeare tributes former manager Claudio Ranieri after Leicester achieve ‘the impossible’ again

Leicester boss Craig Shakespeare paid tribute to former manager Claudio Ranieri and tipped the Foxes to keep surprising in the Champions League after achieving ‘the impossible’ once again.

The Premier League champions claimed a stunning win over Sevilla on Tuesday to book their place in the Champions League quarter-finals - where they join the likes of, Bayern Munich and Barcelona, Juventus and Borussia Dortmund.

Wes Morgan and Marc Albrighton were on target as the Foxes overturned a 2-1 first-leg deficit to advance 3-2 on aggregate.

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Claudio Ranieri, who led the 5000-1 outsiders to the Premier League title last season, was sacked after the first-leg loss in Spain, but Shakespeare paid tribute to his predecessor and said that result was the ‘springboard’ for their success.

"Claudio will always been fondly remembered by everyone at this football club for what he achieved and helped us achieve," he added.

"The performance in the first leg when Claudio was in charge, that gave us the springboard."

"We might just be the surprise team."

Captain Morgan added: "We've pulled off the impossible again.

"We did it and we proved a lot of people wrong."

It was Shakespeare's first game as a full-time boss after his appointment until the end of the season was confirmed on Sunday.

And he became the third English manager to make the last eight after Harry Redknapp and Sir Bobby Robson.

Leicester have won all three of Shakespeare's matches in charge - the Sevilla win followed successes against Liverpool and Hull - despite him sticking with the same team which delivered the unexpected title under Ranieri.

He added: "It was very, very important to get on a winning streak. When you lose, players will lose confidence.

"We needed to get back to winning ways as soon as possible."

Shakespeare lauded his players on a night few in Leicester will ever forget.

";It will be memorable for everyone at the football club," he added.

"It has to stand up there with all the achievements, because of the quality of the opposition.

"It is only over two legs and when you win the league it's over a lot more games."